ROSSBURG, Ohio — July 16, 2016 — Eight different winners had graced the Kings Royal stage in the last eight years, but Saturday night a familiar face stood in victory lane and ended the streak – Donny Schatz. The Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing driver scored his third Kings Royal title since 2005. Four different drivers led throughout the 40 lap feature, but in the end it was Schatz holding off Rico Abreu for the win. Abreu finished the night in second with Brad Sweet in third.
A-Main – (40 Laps) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [3] [$50,000]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [8] [$20,000]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet [6] [$15,000]; 4. W20-Greg Wilson [5] [$12,000]; 5. 21-Brian Brown [2] [$10,000]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart [21] [$7,500]; 7. 9-Daryn Pittman [23] [$6,500]; 8. 41-Jason Johnson [9] [$6,000]; 9. 83-Joey Saldana [7] [$5,500]; 10. 18-Ian Madsen [11] [$5,000]; 11. 5-David Gravel [20] [$4,750]; 12. 1-Sammy Swindell [4] $4,500]; 13. 49X-Tim Shaffer [13] $4,000]; 14. 7-Paul McMahan [10] [$3,750]; 15. 29-Kerry Madsen [19] [$3,500]; 16. 19M-Brent Marks [12] [$3,450]; 17. 11N-Randy Hannagan [18] [$3,400]; 18. 7S-Jason Sides [24] [$3,350]; 19. 10H-Chad Kemenah [17] [$3,300]; 20. 71-Jamie Veal [1] [$3,250]; 21. 14-Christopher Bell [14] [$3,200]; 22. 33-Danny Lasoski [15] [$3,150]; 23. 1B-Dale Blaney [22] [$3,100]; 24. 17W-Bryan Clauson [16] [$3,000]. Lap Leaders: Brian Brown 1-9, Sammy Swindell 10-12, Brad Sweet 13-19, Donny Schatz 20-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: 9-Daryn Pittman [+16]
Qualifying – 1. 29-Kerry Madsen, 13.110; 2. 14-Christopher Bell, 13.171; 3. 5-David Gravel, 13.191; 4. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.265; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 13.277; 6. 23-Trey Starks, 13.372; 7. 83-Joey Saldana, 13.394; 8. 24-Rico Abreu, 13.418; 9. 41-Jason Johnson, 13.419; 10. 71M-Dave Blaney, 13.421; 11. 1ST-Gary Taylor, 13.432; 12. 3-James McFadden, 13.435; 13. 1B-Dale Blaney, 13.440; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.441; 15. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.465; 16. 17W-Bryan Clauson, 13.484; 17. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.490; 18. 19M-Brent Marks, 13.490; 19. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.502; 20. 9-Daryn Pittman, 13.505; 21. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.507; 22. 7-Paul McMahan, 13.512; 23. 18-Ian Madsen, 13.524; 24. 11N-Randy Hannagan, 13.530; 25. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.536; 26. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.548; 27. 33-Danny Lasoski, 13.553; 28. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.575; 29. 21-Brian Brown, 13.580; 30. 71-Jamie Veal, 13.587; 31. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.590; 32. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.596; 33. 49D-Shawn Dancer, 13.598; 34. 59-Jac Haudenschild, 13.603; 35. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.609; 36. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 13.627; 37. 21C-Cap Henry, 13.711; 38. 1A-Jacob Allen, 13.730; 39. 94-Ryan Smith, 13.755; 40. 8M-T.J. Michael, 13.800; 41. 7W-Tasker Phillips, 13.825; 42. 56R-Ryan Myers, 13.858; 43. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 13.866; 44. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.898; 45. 12-Daniel Harding, 13.943; 46. OO-Dane Lorenc, 13.970; 47. 81-Lee Jacobs, 14.011; 48. 6-Bill Rose, 14.011; 49. 40-Caleb Helms, 14.013; 50. 17-Josh Baughman, 14.060; 51. 57X-Andrew Palker, 14.091; 52. 38-D.J. Foos, 14.099; 53. 22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.171; 54. 22D-Josh Davis, 14.490; 55. 13-Clyde Knipp, 14.648; 56. 49H-Bradley Howard, 14.663; 57. 83X-Adam Cruea, 14.768; 58. 45-Bob Tucker, 15.686; 59. 60-Kory Crabtree,t nt; 60. 2M-Dustin Daggett, nt
Heat 1 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 49-Brad Sweet [1]; 2. 83-Joey Saldana [4]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer [2]; 4. 1B-Dale Blaney [3]; 5. 29-Kerry Madsen [5]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [6]; 7. 21C-Cap Henry [7]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms [9]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp [10]; 10. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [8]
Heat 2 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. W20-Greg Wilson [1]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu [4]; 3. 14-Christopher Bell [5]; 4. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 5. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 6. 1A-Jacob Allen [7]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [6]; 8. 17-Josh Baughman [9]; 9. 70-Danny Holtgraver [8]; 10. 49H-Bradley Howard [10]
Heat 3 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson [4]; 3. 33-Danny Lasoski [1]; 4. 5-David Gravel [5]; 5. 94-Ryan Smith [7]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo [3]; 7. 12-Daniel Harding [8]; 8. 49D-Shawn Dancer [6]; 9. 57X-Andrew Palker [9]; 10. 83X-Adam Cruea [10]
Heat 4 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 2. 7-Paul McMahan [2]; 3. 17W-Bryan Clauson [3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser [1]; 5. 71M-Dave Blaney [4]; 6. 8M-T.J. Michael [7]; 7. 38-D.J. Foos [9]; 8. OO-Dane Lorenc [8]; 9. 59-Jac Haudenschild [6]; 10. 45-Bob Tucker [10]
Heat 5 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 21-Brian Brown [1]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen [2]; 3. 10H-Chad Kemenah [3]; 4. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 5. 22-Cole Duncan [6]; 6. 1ST-Gary Taylor [4]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [7]; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton [9]; 9. 81-Lee Jacobs [8]
Heat 6 – (10 Laps – Top 3 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 71-Jamie Veal [1]; 2. 19M-Brent Marks [3]; 3. 11N-Randy Hannagan [2]; 4. 3-James McFadden [4]; 5. 23-Trey Starks [5]; 6. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [6]; 7. 6-Bill Rose [8]; 8. 56R-Ryan Myers [7]; 9. 22D-Josh Davis [9]
C-Main – (12 Laps – Top 6 finishers transfer to the Last Chance Showdown) – 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart [2]; 2. 6-Bill Rose [6]; 3. 59-Jac Haudenschild [16]; 4. 70-Danny Holtgraver [14]; 5. 40-Caleb Helms [1]; 6. OO-Dane Lorenc [10]; 7. 7W-Tasker Phillips [5] [$500]; 8. 57X-Andrew Palker [9] [$450]; 9. 22B-Ryan Broughton [11] [$400]; 10. 38-D.J. Foos [4] [$375]; 11. 13-Clyde Knipp [7] [$350]; 12. 22D-Josh Davis [18] [$350]; 13. 83X-Adam Cruea [15] [$350]; 14. 17-Josh Baughman [8] [$350]; 15. 45-Bob Tucker [20] [$350]; 16. 56R-Ryan Myers [12] [$350]; 17. 49D-Shawn Dancer [3] [$350]; 18. 2X-Parker Price-Miller [13] [$350]; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs [17] [$350]; 20. 49H-Bradley Howard [19] [$350]; 21. 2M-Dustin Daggett [21] [$350]; 22. 60-Kory Crabtree [22] [$350]
Last Chance Showdown – (15 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 2-Shane Stewart [5]; 2. 1B-Dale Blaney [1]; 3. 9-Daryn Pittman [2]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides [8]; 5. 3-James McFadden [6] [$2,000]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan [11] [$1,750]; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart [19] [$1,500]; 8. 70-Danny Holtgraver [22] [$1,250]; 9. 12-Daniel Harding [15] [$1,000]; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen [14] [$750]; 11. 71M-Dave Blaney [10] [$650]; 12. 40-Caleb Helms [23] [$600]; 13. 1ST-Gary Taylor [17] [$600]; 14. 8M-T.J. Michael [16] [$600]; 15. 21C-Cap Henry [13] [$600]; 16. 6-Bill Rose [20] [$600]; 17. 5T-Travis Philo [9] [$600]; 18. 41X-Dominic Scelzi [18] [$600]; 19. OO-Dane Lorenc [24] [$600]; 20. 59-Jac Haudenschild [21] [$600]; 21. 94-Ryan Smith [3] [$600]; 22. 11K-Kraig Kinser [4] [$600]; 23. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [7] [$600]; 24. 23-Trey Starks [12] [$600]
